Interest Group News

Posted on March 15, 2016 by anitaslack

Assessment and Instruction Interest Groups to Co-Host Spring Workshop
The Assessment Interest Group and the Instruction Interest Group will be cohosting a spring workshop, “The Evolution of Information Literacy: Framework and Assessment”, on Wednesday, April 20 at the State Library. The keynote speaker will be Craig Gibson from The Ohio State University, co-chair of the ACRL committee that created the Framework. Additional sessions will include practical methods and considerations for assessing information literacy. Look for registration information on the ALAO website soon!
Eric Resnis, Miami University, Assessment IG Co-Chair
Mandy Shannon, Wright State University, Assessment IG Co-Chair
Melissa Bauer, Kent State University, Stark, Instruction IG Co-Chair
Dana Knott, Columbus State Community College Delaware Campus, Instruction IG Co-Chair

Collection Management Interest Group
CMIG had a great response to its Fall 2015 survey asking members what they most wanted to see addressed at the CMIG spring workshop – thanks to all who responded! The workshop is being developed in direct response to what we heard from our members, and it promises to be both thought-provoking and instructive for all ALAO members.
The Workshop will include a panel presentation on issues relating to “the big picture” for ebooks in our libraries, a discussion and brainstorming session about technical services issues peculiar to ebooks, and a round of lightning talks on topics across a range of collection management issues, including promotion of resources.
The workshop will be held Wednesday, April 27, 10:00 – 3:00, at the State Library in Columbus [note that this date differs from what was announced at the ALAO conference – 4/27 is the correct date]. Please mark your calendars, and stay tuned for registration information.
Jessica Grim, Oberlin College, Collection Management IG Co-Chair
Ken Irwin, Wittenberg University, Collection Management IG Co-Chair

Curriculum Materials Centers Interest Group
‘Save the Date’ for the Upcoming Summer Meeting!

Welcome to a new year of exciting events and new members including our co-chair, Desiree Fuerst to the CMCIG!

Last year, I had the pleasure of working with past co-chair, Sharon Kerestes, Cedarville University to put together a wonderful line up of presenters for the “Novel-Ties: Classics and Comics in the Classroom” workshop. This year, Desiree and I are planning for the summer meeting to welcome you back from the very busy 2015 academic year to find out what folks are up to. Where did the time go…?

We hope everyone enjoyed the 2015 workshop and ALAO Annual Conference as much as we did. We were also thrilled with the positive feedback we received from workshop attendees. Although we had a robust agenda, there was less time for follow-up discussions to address future items/ideas to bring the group together. With this in mind, please save the June meeting date for open collaboration focusing on the current state of the profession, and to revisit current issues concerning CMCs. We will also offer a call-in option this year for those unable to travel to OHIONET. This will be a great time to think about the 2016 ALAO Conference call for proposals and topics focusing on tracks you’d like to see included in the programming.

As we put together a solid agenda for June, please feel free to contact us for additional topics and your feedback is welcome. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Contacts
Deidra Herring (herring.44@osu.edu) or Desiree Fuerst (fuerst.25@osu.edu)

What: The CMCIG Summer Meeting
When: Friday, June 10, 2016 starting at 9:00 AM
Where: OHIONET, 1500 W Lane Ave, Columbus, OH 43221, United States
Parking: Free but limited
Registration: TBD
Deidra N. Herring, Ohio State University, Columbus Campus
Desiree Fuerst, Ohio State University, Newark Campus; CMCIG Co-Chairs

Distance Education Interest Group Announce Visionary Award Winner and Spring Workshop

The 2016 DLIG Visionary Award winner is Sara Klink!! Sara is currently the Assistant Directory of Library Services at Stark State College where she works in a non-traditional academic library. She has worked as a librarian for 10 years in both public and academic libraries. Sara developed and implemented an innovative instruction program on her campus that incorporates in-person and online components to provide outstanding embedded library services. Congratulations Sara!!
Save the Date! INOV8! (the DLIG Spring Workshop) will be held on Friday, April 29th at the Voice of America Learning Center in West Chester, OH (just north of Cincinnati). More details and registration will be available soon. Sara Klink will be our keynote speaker that day. It is an event you won’t want to miss!
Carrie Girton, Miami University Hamilton, DLIG Co-Chair
Jennifer Natale, Miami University, DLIG Co-Chair

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Conference Announcements

Posted on March 15, 2016 by anitaslack

The 2016 Children’s Literature Association Conference (ChLA)-Hosted by The Ohio State University, sponsored by the Department of Teaching and Learning, College of Education and Human Ecology.

 When: Thursday June 9, 2016 8:00 AM – Saturday June 11, 2016 10 PM

Where: Columbus, OH, The Sheraton Columbus at Capitol Square

Registration and hotel information is available at the ChLA web site: http://www.childlitassn.org/2016

Checkout the Children’s Association Newsletter: https://chla.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/2015_autumn_chla_newsletter_final.pdf

IFLA World Library and Information Congress

82nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly  13–19 August 2016, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America http://2016.ifla.org/
Deidra Herring, The Ohio State University, Curriculum Materials Center IG Co-Chair

Calling all PLs

KSL will host the 2nd National Personal Librarian and First Year Experience Conference, which has been slated for May 12-13, 2016. Registration will open in March. We’d love your involvement! Please head to http://library.case.edu/plconference and sign up for email announcements regarding this incredible event!
Rachel Trem, Case Western Reserve University

Northern Ohio DC User Group meeting
Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library
Monday, April 25, 2016

The Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library and the Kent State University Libraries are planning the first Northern Ohio Digital Commons User Group Meeting on Monday, April 25, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m at Michael Schwartz Library, Rhodes Tower, room 502.  The meeting is open to all libraries in northern Ohio who use Digital Commons as their Institutional Repository. The day’s agenda includes lightning round presentations, small group breakout sessions on select topics, a DC Bells & Whistles webinar, networking opportunities, and more. Bring your IR promotional materials to share with the group.

A schedule of events will be posted soon. Sign in and light breakfast begins at 9:30 a.m. Lunch begins at 11:30 at some nearby (walkable) restaurants. Use this time to network!

Registration
The meeting is free but please register and include your lightning round topic if presenting (5 minute limit) and your choice of restaurant for lunch ($ on your own). Reservations will be made for you if needed. Choice of restaurants include Cafe Ah Roma, Elements Bistro, Sung’s House (vegan options), Phuel Cafe (vegan options). Please register here.

Parking
Parking will be reserved for you for a fee of $8.  When you register to attend the DC+NOUG meeting, enter “yes” in the Parking Reservation field and then visit the CSU ShopNet account to pay by credit card (Enter your first and last name and click on the “DC+NOUG meeting at the Library” Radio Button).  Parking Instructions will be emailed to you once payment is verified.  There is metered parking around the campus, but there are no guarantees that a space will be available.

We look forward to meeting with you!

Elizabeth A. Richardson
Associate Professor
Document Delivery and Institutional Repository Manager
Kent State University Libraries

Marsha Miles
Digital Initiatives Librarian
Cleveland State University

Barbara Loomis
Project Coordinator
Cleveland State University

Elizabeth A. Richardson, Kent State University, Webmaster

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People and Library News

Posted on March 15, 2016 by anitaslack

Bryant & Stratton College, Cleveland News
Joseph M. Dudley will present “Website Design for Student Usability: Implementing LibGuides at the Bryant & Stratton College Cleveland Campus Library” at the Teaching, Colleges, and Community (TCC) Virtual Conference, April 19 – 21, 2016.  The paper will also be published in the conference proceedings volume, which will be available online from the Education & Information Technology Digital Library.
Joseph M. Dudley, Bryant & Stratton College, Cleveland, Webmaster

Case Western Reserve University News
Kelvin Smith Library welcomes five new members to their team:

Liz Bernal, Assessment Officer
Richard Shrake, Team Leader of Digital Learning and Scholarship
Christine Torrence, Finance and Assessment Manager
Amber Stout, Access & Delivery Services and Library Assistant
Rachel Trem, Marketing and Communications Manager

Rich comes to KSL with a background in information and technology management in public and academic libraries, corporate archives and independent research libraries. Rachel joins Case with extensive editorial and design experience, both in a marketing capacity.

Proactive Reference Help
Brian Gray (Team Leader Research Services) presented at the Going Out of Bounds with Reference Services Online Conference (Amigos Online Conference). His presentation, titled “Targeted Research Support – Efforts Influenced by the Business World,” focused on how reference/research support can be proactive and move way from the traditional reference desk.
Rachel Trem, Case Western Reserve University

Defiance College News
From Defiance College Archives:  Court News Ohio, a communication service of the Ohio Supreme Court, visited the Defiance College campus recently to do a feature video on the Hermann Wiebe collection of Ohio courthouse paintings housed in the Pilgrim Library. Wiebe created oil paintings of all 88 Ohio county courthouses, plus the Ohio Statehouse. The story features interviews with director Michelle Blank, archivist Barb Sedlock, Judge Joseph Schmenk and Hermann’s son, Harry Wiebe. The story can be viewed here: http://www.ohiochannel.org/MediaLibrary/Media.aspx?fileId=148034
Barb Sedlock, Defiance College

Denison University News
Forthcoming article, preprint available:

Shannon Marie Robinson. “Artists as Scholars: The Research Behavior of Dance Faculty.” Accepted: January 13, 2016; Anticipated Publication Date: November 1, 2016.

Formerly at Denison University, Shannon was a 2013 recipient of an ALAO Research and Publications Research Grant.
Heidi Gauder, University of Dayton, Research and Publications Committee Chair

Kent State University News
Kent State University Libraries Provide Access to Kent State Shootings Audio Archive

Over 100 reel-to-reel audio recordings pertaining to the May 1970 Kent State shootings and their aftermath are now accessible through the Kent State University Special Collections and Archives’ digital repository. Some of the recently digitized items include previously inaccessible audio recordings of radio call-in forums, a speech by University President Robert I. White the day after the shootings, a press conference with six students who met with President Richard M. Nixon just days after the shootings, the Scranton Commission hearings, and a speech made by Dick Gregory at the Kent State Memorial Service in 1971.

The digitization project started in spring 2015, after the Kent State University Libraries were awarded a $2,000 Ohio Archives Grant for the proposal, “Providing Access to the Kent State Shootings Audio Archive.” The Ohio Archives Grants are funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, an arm of the National Archives and Records Administration through their State and National Archival Partnership Grants program. Kent State University Libraries faculty members Cara Gilgenbach, Virginia Dressler, and Lae’l Hughes-Watkins prepared the successful proposal.

Gilgenbach, Head of Special Collections and Archives noted, “As we head toward the 50th anniversary of this pivotal event in American history, we seek to provide expanded access to unprocessed portions of the collection, especially audio-visual materials, which are highly sought by researchers.” The audio recordings are available online and are accessible worldwide.
Cara Gilgenbach, Kent State University

Kent State University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) News
Kent State University School of Library and Information Science Internships

Do you have a project that you would love to get started but need some extra help? Is there something on the back burner in you library that you would like to see addressed? Perhaps a graduate student in the Kent State University MLIS program would be a good fit for your library. The Internship program requires 150 hours of service and students are eager to roll up their sleeves to help out and gain much valued hands-on experience in an academic library. Students are able to help with a wide variety of work such as weeding and collection analysis projects, preparing and assessing instructional materials, creating Libguides, working with library social media platforms, providing reference services, or reviewing and drafting policies. The Internship is an important part of our students’ professional formation and we are grateful to all the libraries that support our program – and the profession – by working with Internship students. For more information about the program or to discuss possible Internship or volunteer opportunities, please contact Miriam Matteson (mmattes1@kent.edu).
Miriam Matteson, Kent State University SLIS, Board Member

Miami University Middletown News
Jessica Long was awarded continuing contract and promoted to Associate Librarian by the Miami University Board of Trustees.  She has been the Public Services Librarian for the Gardner-Harvey Library since 2010. She holds an MLIS from Kent State University and completed the coursework for a Master of Medieval Archaeology from the University of York.
John J. Burke, Miami University Middletown

Shawnee State University News
Congratulations to Zachary Lewis, previously Clark Memorial Library Access Services Specialist, who was the successful candidate in Shawnee State University’s Access Services Librarian search.  Zachary’s MLIS is from Kent State.  Zachary has been with Clark Memorial Library since 2011; while a Shawnee State undergraduate, he worked as a Reference Assistant.  We welcome Zachary and look forward to his management team contributions.
Mary E. Cummings, Shawnee State University

Ursuline College News
Congratulations to Rebecca Plock, who recently joined Ursuline College as the Technical Services Librarian. Rebecca earned her BA from Pratt Institute’s School of Art & Design and MSLIS from Pratt Institute’s School of Information & Library Science.  Rebecca has catalog, library, and archival experience from her work at Southold Free Library, Pratt Institute Library, Brooklyn Museum, and Shelter Island Historical Society.
Anita J. Slack, Ursuline College, Communications Editor

Xavier University
Anne Davies and Vicki Young (Xavier University Library) will be presenting “The Research Hour: A Partnership between Librarians, Faculty and the Writing Center” at WILU (Workshop for Instruction in Library Use) in Vancouver, Canada May 30-June 1, 2016.
Vicki Young, Xavier University

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Annual Conference Report

Posted on December 10, 2015 by anitaslack

Brian C. Gray, Case Western Reserve University, President

Brian Gray, President

Brian Gray, President

I hope everyone enjoyed the 2015 Annual Conference and/or the Preconference. I would like to thank our keynote speaker Cindy Foley and workshop presenter Trevor Dawes. Both sessions were well received. On behalf the conference planning committee, I would also like to thank all the presenters and attendees.  Without your support and participation, this conference cannot happen. The vendors and sponsors give ALAO the fiscal abilities to continue to offer top notch programming. To my planning committee, I owe more thanks that can be imagined!
The 2015 Annual Conference included 29 breakout sessions, 21 posters, and 31 vendor exhibitors/sponsors. We had several colleagues from outside Ohio join us to present and/or attend, including people from California, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and others.    In addition, 50 attendees participated in the preconference workshop on “Are You Ready For Leadership?” provided by Trevor Dawes.
Congratulations to the ALAO award winners presented at the conference:

  •  Student Presenter Grant – Kari Jones, Southern State Community College
  • Support Staff Presenter Grant – Jennifer Rice, Kent State University
  • ALAO Diversity Scholarship – Kristen Zajac, Kent State University
  • DLIG Visionary Award – John Burke, Miami University Middletown and Beth Tumbleson, Miami University Middletown
  • TEDDY Award – Karen Plummer, University of Akron
  • ALAO Continuing Education Grant – Jen Waller, Miami University and John Napp, University of Toledo; Kelly Kobelia, Ohio Northern University — Honorable Mention
  • ALAO Research Grant – Jane Wu, Otterbein University
  • ALAO National Library Legislative Day Travel Award – Sylvia Halladay, Clark State Community College
  • Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award – Karen Plummer, University of Akron

The last few years, the ALAO Board has tried to bring more content to the users from conferences and workshops.  When you log into the website, there is a members-only area. Currently, the 2013 conference presentations and the 2015 presentations/posters (in progress as submissions continue) are available. 2014 content is being reloaded.

In 2015/16, the ALAO Board will have several initiatives that are being work on. We will closely be reviewing the data of the membership survey to set directions and efforts for the future. Also, in 2016, we will be announcing a new professional development webinar series in partnership with our fiscal agent SWON Libraries. Watch for these details soon.

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Elections-Call for Nominations

Posted on December 10, 2015 by anitaslack

Eboni A. Johnson, Oberlin College, Past President

Eboni

Eboni Johnson, Past President

Are you looking for a leadership opportunity?  Would you like to get involved in professional service for an ACRL chapter?  Or, perhaps you have a colleague who would be a perfect match for ALAO.  If so, please consider nominating yourself or someone else for the ALAO Board (the nomination form will be available soon).  Elections will take place in the spring,  and successful candidates will take office at the ALAO Leadership Retreat in the summer of 2016.
Part of my role as Past President is to chair the Nominating Committee, which is responsible for presenting a slate of candidates for the upcoming elections. We will be electing:
•    Vice President/ President-Elect
•    Secretary
•    Three (3) first-year board members-at-large
•    Membership chair
I’d like to recruit a person or two to serve on the Nominating Committee. This is a short-term commitment that ends once election results are reported to the president. Please contact me directly if you are interested in this opportunity.

Thanks so much for everything you do in support of ALAO. Best wishes for a happy holiday season, and a prosperous 2016!

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Jay Ladd Award Recipient

Posted on December 10, 2015 by anitaslack

Karen Plummer Jay LaddCongratulations to Karen A. Plummer, who was awarded the Jay Ladd Distinguished Service Award at the 2015 annual conference last month.  This award, which is ALAO’s highest honor, recognizes an individual who has been an ALAO member for at least 5 years, and who has promoted academic libraries and librarianship not only on his or her own campus, but also within the state. The award also recognizes someone who has provided leadership in the promotion of ALAO through service such as committee membership, executive board office, or interest group office.

Karen was recognized partly for the challenging work she did to design and develop ALAO’s early web presence and bring us into the digital age.  Her work resulted in ALAO being able to share activities in new and better ways.  Karen’s knowledge, interest, and skill enabled us to use the new website to better inform, educate, and connect with ALAO members. In addition, she’s presented at several ALAO conferences, has served for many years on the executive board and various committees, and has represented our profession at the legislative level. Karen has served her campus and community while also constantly attending to her own professional development and knowledge, in order to better serve.  We recognize Karen for the critical contributions she made to the early success of ALAO’s web presence, her outstanding advocacy of librarianship through service to her university, campus and community, and also for sharing her knowledge and expertise with other librarians through presentations and publishing through ALAO and other venues.

Way to go, Karen.  We appreciate all you do for ALAO!

Eboni A. Johnson, Oberlin College, Past President
Photo Provided by: Karen Plummer

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Vice President’s Report

Posted on December 10, 2015 by anitaslack

Krista McDonald, Miami University Hamilton, Vice President

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Krista McDonald

Mark your calendars for the 2016 ALAO Annual Conference! The conference will be held at The Roberts Centre in Wilmington, Ohio with a pre-conference workshop on Thursday, October 27th and conference sessions on Friday, October 28th. The planning committee has selected User Experience: Exceeding Expectations by Design as the theme. Our keynote speaker and pre-conference workshop leader will be Aaron Schmidt. Schmidt, a principal library design consultant with Influx Library User Experience Consulting, was named a Library Journal “Mover and Shaker” in 2005. His publications include LJ’s column, “The User Experience,” and the books Useful, Usable, Desirable: Applying User Experience Design to your Library and User Experience (UX) Design for Libraries, both coauthored with his consulting partner Amanda Etches. You can learn more about Schmidt and his work by visiting his blog Walking Paper here: http://www.walkingpaper.org/.

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Research Grant Announcement

Posted on December 10, 2015 by anitaslack

Apply Now:  2016 Research Grant

The Research & Publications Committee will be accepting proposals for research grants beginning Monday, November 23.  If you have a research project or are thinking about a research project that could use some funding, we can help!  ALAO members can apply for up to $2000 in research funding to cover the costs for current or upcoming research projects.

Apply for grant funding via the ALAO website.  A full description of the application and criteria may be found on the online (http://alaoweb.org/committees/researchpub/2016-research-grant).

Application criteria:
1.    Application form
2.    Grant proposal essay
3.    Budget worksheet
4.    Current curriculum vitae

Submit the application form (item 1), the research proposal (item 2), and a budget sheet (item 3) online at the ALAO website:  http://alaoweb.org/event-2073937.  Be sure to log in as an ALAO member first and then click “Register”.

Send a current curriculum vitae  (item 4) for each applicant to Heidi Gauder, Chair of the Research & Publications Committee, at hgauder1@udayton.edu as an email attachment.

Applications will be judged on the following criteria:
Does the applicant demonstrate knowledge of the published research in the area of study, and how the proposed research will add to the field?
Does the proposed research make a unique and significant contribution to library science and knowledge of academic libraries?
Is the methodology for research clearly outlined? Does the methodology support the research process and outcomes?
Is the proposed budget sufficiently detailed and clear?
Does the proposed budget refer to financial support provided by the applicant’s home institution? If so, is the proposed amount justified in comparison to institutional support?
Is the proposal clear and complete, conforming to all required information as stipulated in the grant application instructions?

Heidi Gauder, University of Dayton, Research & Publications Committee Chair

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Research Grant Recipient Update

Posted on December 10, 2015 by anitaslack

We reached out to the 2014 RPC award winners for an update about their research projects and how they used the award funds.  All three winners made great use of the funding.  Here is an update from the second of three award winners.

Shannon Marie Robinson
Denison University Libraries
When I initially applied for the grant, I thought I would survey faculty. However, after many conversations with other dance librarians and further research, it seemed best to conduct interviews that would provide exploratory, qualitative data about these scholars’ research experiences. From May 2014 through February 2015 I held in-person interviews with 12 dance faculty from three institutions. The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has the largest undergraduate dance program in the nation. The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio is a founding member of the National Association of Schools of Dance and one of the first schools to award undergraduate, master, and doctoral degrees in dance. The dance department at Denison University in Granville, Ohio is representative of those at other small, independent liberal arts colleges. The interviews provided insight into the variation of research happening in dance, faculty use of library resources and format preferences, and research organization practices.

All of the interviews have been transcribed and I am currently writing my research findings as an article for a peer-review journal. While I am still analyzing the results, I learned that there is a tremendous amount of non-dance research occurring in the field; history, neuroscience, gender theories, cutting edge technology, and digital humanities are extremely important and oft-consulted disciplines. I am investigating the possibility that librarians can better support dance faculty (both text-based and performance-based scholars) if we consider them interdisciplinary scholars.

RPC Chair note:  Shannon Marie Robinson received $505 (full funding) for this research project.

Shannon Robinson, Denison University
Heidi Gauder, University of Dayton, Research & Publications Committee Chair

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Continuing Education Grant & Application

Posted on December 10, 2015 by anitaslack

Receive up to $2,600 to attend a continuing education event in 2016
The Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) Continuing Education Grant Program encourages library personnel to improve their skills and to develop new ones.  The grant is awarded once a year to support the cost of participating in continuing education opportunities, such as, conferences, workshops, and / or seminars which are related to the member’s current position or in pursuit of a professional library degree.  Current ALAO members are eligible to apply for funds to defray the costs of attending any library-related educational opportunity occurring during the 2016 calendar year.

Eligibility:
Applicant must be a current member of ALAO.
Applicant much not have received this grant in the previous three award cycles.

Application Deadline: February 5, 2016 @ 5:00 pm.
Notification & Payment: The ALAO Professional Development Committee will notify grant recipients by February 26, 2016 and will arrange payment through SWON, the ALAO fiscal agent.

For more information go to http://alaoweb.org/continuingeducationgrant. If you have any question, please contact the ALAO Professional Development Committee Chair, Carissa Thatcher

Carissa Thatcher, Cincinnati Christian University, Professional Development Committee Chair.

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